YES, I know everyone expects you to have a long face when it’s time to go back to school after the summer holidays – especially here in Scotland, where we go back earlier. But not me. “Kellie loves sc

ELLA stood in the church porch, chatting nervously to the other bridesmaid. They were waiting for Julia, the mother of the bride. Ella had glanced inside the church when she first arrived to check whe

Our columnist remembers how, after the school summer holidays, came the joy of new stationery

IT was only Tuesday, and Jane was already missing the twins like mad. She gazed at yesterday’s photo on her phone. The two little girls all dressed up in their new blue uniforms and standing in the pl

I PEGGED Dad’s Seventies’ psychedelic floral shirt on the section of the clothesline designated for “undies”. It couldn’t be seen by the neighbours. I dreamt of the day my parents would give me their

Y ou’ve done what?’ Mel threw her bag ...